Cruise on the Mekong – from Cambodia to Vietnam

Trip Description

Accomodation

Stay program

• day 1

  Arrival in Siem Reap

  ♦ Arrival at Siem Reap airport, welcome and transfer with French-speaking guide to the hotel. ♦ Lunch at the hotel. ♦ Visit to Senteurs d'Angkor. ♦ Visit to the Artisans d'Angkor workshops. ♦ Dinner in town. ♦ Overnight at the hotel.

• day 2

  Siem Reap - Angkor

  ♦ Breakfast. ♦ Visit to the Banteay Srei temple. ♦ Visit to Ta Prohm. ♦ Lunch in the city. ♦ Exploration of Angkor Thom. ♦ Discovery of the Terrace of the Elephants. ♦ Attendance at the magnificent PHARE Circus show. ♦ Dinner at a restaurant in downtown Siem Reap. ♦ Walk at the Angkor Night Market. ♦ Night at the hotel.

• day 3

  Siem Reap - Angkor

  ♦ Breakfast at the hotel. ♦ Visit to the Angkor Wat temple. ♦ Lunch at the hotel. ♦ From the hotel to the pier to board a beautiful junk (RV Indochine). ♦ Welcome on board and cabin check-in. ♦ Overnight on board.

• day 4

  Siem Reap - Tonle Sap

  ♦ Breakfast. ♦ Sailing to enjoy the crossing of Tonlé Sap Lake. ♦ Lunch on board. ♦ Tasting of palm sugar extracted from thnot, the sugar palm (a true national symbol). ♦ Tour of the floating village aboard small local boats. ♦ Return on board and departure by boat to Kampong Tralach. ♦ Dinner and overnight on board.

• day 5

  Tonle Sap - Kampong Chhnang – Kampong Tralach

  ♦ Breakfast at the hotel ♦ Visit of the very beautiful vihara of the Wat Kampong Tralach Leu pagoda. ♦ Discovery of Koh Chen. ♦ Visit of Mr. Umson Thom's private school. ♦ Return on board and navigation towards Phnom Penh. ♦ Tuk-tuk ride for a traditional Apsara dance show, performed by student dancers and musicians. ♦ Dinner and overnight stay at the quay in the port.

• day 6

  Kampong Tralach - Koh Chen – Phnom Penh

  ♦ Breakfast. ♦ Visit of the splendid Royal Palace. ♦ Visit of the Silver Pagoda. ♦ Visit of the National Museum. ♦ Visit of the Tuol Svay Prey S21 School. ♦ Free time at the market. Return on board, dinner and overnight on board.

• day 7

  Phnom Penh

  ♦ Breakfast on board. ♦ Sailing and entry into Vietnam. ♦ Lunch on board. ♦ Arrival in Chau Doc in the early afternoon. ♦ Transfer to small boats to visit a fish farm. ♦ Visit of the Phat Thay Tay An pagoda and the Ba Chua Xu temple. ♦ Return on board and resumption of sailing towards Sa Dec. ♦ Dinner and overnight on board.

• day 8

  Chau Doc - Sa Dec

  ♦ Breakfast. ♦ Continuation to Sa Dec, according to our Mekong Cruise tour program. ♦ Discovery of the superb local market and visit of the former residence of Huynh Thuy Lê. ♦ Lunch on board and navigation towards Vinh Long. ♦ Boat ride through the arroyos and orchards leading to Cai Be. ♦ Discovery of a brick factory and a fruit tree nursery on Binh Hoa Phuoc island. ♦ Dinner and overnight on board.

• day 9

  Sa Dec – Vinh Long - Cai Be

  ♦ Breakfast. ♦ Visit to the islands near My Tho. ♦ Visit to a beekeeping farm and tasting of honey tea as well as exotic fruits. ♦ Navigation in small sampans on this canal lined with water palms, offering a glimpse of the villagers' lives. ♦ Lunch on board. ♦ Visit to the narrow Chao Gao canal towards Ho Chi Minh City. ♦ Dinner and overnight on board, docked at the port. Free evening.

• day 10

  My Tho - Ho Chi Minh City

  ♦ Breakfast. ♦ Visit to Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Central Post Office. ♦ Visit to the National History Museum. ♦ Free lunch. ♦ Visit to a traditional lacquerware workshop. ♦ Visit to the local souvenir market. ♦ Return to the boat for the cocktail, followed by the farewell dinner. ♦ Overnight at the dock in the port. Free evening.

• day 11

  Ho Chi Minh City Departure

  ♦ Breakfast, then visit to the Cholon market. ♦ Lunch in the city. ♦ Transfer to Ho Chi Minh City airport for the departure flight.